Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Norman, OK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
557 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

AT 445 AM WICHITA FALLS RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN SCATTERED ACROSS THIS PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING FROM SEYMOUR SOUTHEAST TO NEAR NEWCASTLE
EAST TO JACKSBORO AND NORTHEAST TO BOWIE.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING FROM
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE SOUTHWEST TO BRECKENRIDGE TO NEAR ALBANY. STILL
YET ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR VERNON. ALL PRECIPITATION
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...FREQENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED TODAY. SOME THU=NDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE LATER TODAY AS
WEATHER ELEMENTS COME TOGETHER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR NEWS MEDIA BROADCAST FOR LATER
STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

TXZ019-020-021245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
645 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

        ...VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO WICHITA FALLS...

AT 635 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A LAGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS BLANKETING MUCH OF
THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN WICHITA
AND NORTHERN ARCHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING
OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD
BE AWARE OF THIS SITUATION AND NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS
OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

ELSEWHERE VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF CLAY AND
SOUTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTIES. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICAL WEATHER BRnOADCASTS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ019-020-021245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
645 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

        ...VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO WICHITA FALLS...

AT 635 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS BLANKETING MUCH OF
THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN WICHITA
AND NORTHERN ARCHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING
OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD
BE AWARE OF THIS SITUATION AND NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS
OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

ELSEWHERE VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF CLAY AND
SOUTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTIES. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICAL WEATHEtR BROADCASTS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ019-020-021400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
745 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

AT 740 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS BLANKETING MUCH OF
THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF CHILDRESS...SEYMOUR....
ABILENE LINE. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION ALSO BLANKETED MUCH OF THE
SOUTHWESTERN ONE THIRD OF OKLAHOMA.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE FALLING OVER MUCH
OF ARCHER...CLAY...WICHITA...YOUNG...JACK AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES.
HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THESE COUNTIES YESTERDAY. 24 HOUR
RAINFALL TOTALS BEING REPORTED INTO THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
SO FAR THIS MORNING RANGE FROM 1.37 IN THE WESTERN PART OF WICHITA
FALLS TO 3.30 INCHES IN BOWIE.

EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS ACROSS THE REGION CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING
OF ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO HIGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS.
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MOVEMENT OF THIS ENTIRE FIELD OF PRECIPITATION WAS RAPIDLY TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS MOVEMENT...RAIN WILL BE ENDING
IN THE WICHITA FALLS HOUR DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF. HOWEVER
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE LATER TODAY.

STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.